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Mary Anderson. Windshield wiper blade

In the winter of 1902 visiting New York City Mary Anderson noticed the driver of a tram trying to make his way through the snowstorm with both windows open to be able to see the road.

Inventions that changed the world. Metro

If subway stops for just an hour, transport will come to a standstill.

Inventions that changed the world. Airplane

On December 17, 1903 the airplane "Flyer 1", built in the US by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright took to the air and made the world's first sustained controlled flight.

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin. X-ray analysis of biomolecules

Dorothy Crowfoot was born to an English family of archeologists and spent her childhood in Egypt, participating in the excavations of the ancient town of Jarash.

The day the cash register was invented

What gave rise to the idea of creating a machine to record sales and print out receipts?

Inventions that changed the world. X-rays

The discovery of X-rays revolutionized medicine. And this discovery was made by the German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen almost by accident.

Bette Nesmith Graham. Correction liquid

In 1951 a young single mother Bette Nesmith got a job as a secretary at Texas Bank.

Inventions that changed the world. Light bulb

On October 21, 1879 American inventor Tomas Edison tested one of the most important inventions of the XIX century - the electric light bulb.

Belarus has become a member of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs

On July 19, 2021, the Republic of Belarus became a member of the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs.

The Birthday of Chewing Gum

On September 23, the world celebrates the birthday of chewing gum.